With the finalization of the Crompton Corporation and Great Lakes Chemical Corporation all-stock merger on July 1, 2005, the combined company becomes Chemtura Corporation, the fourth largest publicly traded U.S. specialty chemicals company and the world's largest plastics additives company.
PPG Industries, Inc., was named as a Visteon Important Partner, exemplifying "Best in Class" performance as a North American non-metals supplier to meet Visteon Corporation's needs.
BASF's Automotive Refinish Coatings business has named Frank Painter, Edinberg Motors, Edinberg, Va., winner in the first drawing of a national consumer sweepstakes for a custom toolbox and tools.
Reichhold, Inc., announced that it will convert some of its reactor capacity in the company's Newark, N.J., plant away from coatings products to the production of unsaturated polyester resins for composites applications.
SDC Technologies Inc., a California-based global supplier of functional surface technologies, coatings and materials, has been honored with the 2005 Emerging Growth Award by the Orange County Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.
Chemidex, a leader in providing specialized search-engine services for the global chemical industry, has released the latest version of its core industry service, the Chemidex Cybrary, in three new languages: French, Mandarin Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
Cytec Industries Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Surface Specialties Amino Resins business (SSAR) to affiliates of INEOS Group Limited for net cash consideration of €64 million ($78 million at 1.22 U.S. dollars/euro), subject to certain closing adjustments.
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